Chrome OS - repeating looped audio

[GunsMadeAmericaFree]

I'm fairly new to the Chromebook world. I have an Acer 315 touch screen version running the latest version of Chrome OS. We are used to sleeping with a stand alone white noise player playing an mp3 file of a fan.
So I figured that we could use the chromebook to do that while on the road.

The chromebook uses something called "gallery" for media playing, which evidently doesn't have a "loop audio" button.

So I installed VLC media player for Android, which allowed me to loop the audio. Problem solved, right?

Not really. I'm an early riser, so I often wanted to browse the internet while others were sleeping. Whenever I loaded web pages, the MP3 playback on VLC media player started stuttering heavily -
enough to wake other folks up. I did some research online, and found out that many others are having this same problem.

I tried having the Gallery player playing an MP3, and no stuttering when browsing web pages. Strange.

Can anyone recommend another simple MP3 player program with a simple repeat/loop button that I could use instead of VLC media player? I just couldn't believe that Chromebooks would be so
underpowered that they couldn't play an audio file and browse at the same time. Evidently it's a problem with VLC instead.

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[crashtech]

I don't have a solution, but I would be interested if anyone knows of a lighter-weight media player than the ones you've already tried. I don't think MediaMonkey would be lighter weight, it's the only other Android media player I've used. In a way I do think it is a problem with that Chromebook. Saddled with a single channel underclocked Excavator variant, it was way underpowered even in 2019 when it was released. I doubt you'd have this problem with an Intel or AMD Zen based laptop, even an old one. I guess if I was stuck with that thing I'd just keep trying different Android media players.

 

[GunsMadeAmericaFree]

It definitely isn't the fastest processor out there, but sees to have great battery life. Plus, it has the touch screen, and was very inexpensive up front. Since the stuttering went away with a different media player, I'm definitely thinking that it is essentially a VLC issue - I've seen other people complaining of it.

The really annoying thing is that evidently the Gallery player USED to have a loop/replay button, but the later versions of the software no longer seem to have this feature. I would think that this is a very basic option - why would they have removed it?

Can anyone recommend a different MP3 player software to try?

 

[KMFJD]

Pulsar or Music Player Go? I've used Pulsar on my phones and it works great there

 

[skull]

Could be that its an android app. I just got my first chromebook too same one matter of fact. Not all my android apps work the best on it a lot work flawlessly but others have their issues. Haven't really gotten anything useful to run with the linux vm either.

 

[sdifox]

Foobar2000 is on android. Also, try changing audio output in VLC to Open SL ES.